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Sir Peter Ustinov’s estate may be lost on legal fees in bitter feud (UK)

The celebrated actor, director and raconteur – who was married three times and had four children – wrote his last will 36 years before his death, which has led judges to rule he died intestate. The double Oscar-winner, one of Britain’s most respected actors who starred in films including Spartacus, Death on the Nile and Keep Reading…

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Retired cop charged with stealing from ‘Aunt Betty’ (MA)

LAWRENCE — Retired Lawrence police officer William Hale is facing criminal charges for allegedly stealing from an elderly Andover Street woman he befriended. Hale, 77, is scheduled for arraignment in Lawrence District Court next week on uttering, forgery and larceny of property over $250 — charges stemming from a state police investigation into the estate Keep Reading…

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Museum tiff displayed in court (TX)

AUSTIN – When the Texas Highway Patrol Museum went up for sale last year near downtown San Antonio, Lisa Wong said she thought it was “the perfect scenario.” The empty building was across the street from her restaurant, Rosario’s Café y Cantina, at South Alamo and St. Mary’s streets. Wong wanted to buy the building, Keep Reading…

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Suit looking to halt distribution of James Brown’s trust dismissed

An Illinois woman who claimed James Brown “disinherited” his children and had no intention for his assets to be passed to them, has had a federal court claim looking to halt any disbursement of his assets dismissed. Jacquelyne Hollander, 55, who worked for Brown in the late 1980s, filed a civil suit in U.S. District Keep Reading…

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Lawyer believes Wong tried to limit patrol museum bids (TX)

AUSTIN — A lawyer who is selling the vacant Texas Highway Patrol Museum near downtown San Antonio testified Thursday that he rejected a $1.69 million offer from Lisa Wong, owner of Rosario’s Café y Cantina, because he suspected Wong wanted to tie up the property and scare off other buyers. “It just seemed like a Keep Reading…

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